> But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surprised when some do become slums. That's what happens in a free s

> But if we did provide housing for all 500,000+ homeless people in the US we shouldn't be surprised when some do become slums. That's what happens in a free society. We can't force people to be responsible adults when they don't want to. (But we can, and should, contain any mess they create, which I think you and I agree about the bigger details.)